Harness-pad



(No Modl.)

s. VAN GILDER.

HARNESS PAD.

No. 376,563. Patented Jan.. 1'7,'1888 \INVENTOR 4m ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICEO SOMERS VAN GILDER, OF KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE.

HARNESS-PAD.

EPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 376,563, dated January17, 1888.

Application filed Ncvember 2, 1887. Serial No. 254,052. (No model.)

in which similar letters of reference indicate able material formed witha plain or ornamental outer edge and adapted to be stitched to one orboth edges of harness-pads B, or to the edge or edges of the collar 0,forming a flange, which may be ornamented in any desired manner. Theflanges A are each lined with a strip of fancy-colored leather or othermateriaha, stitched between the pad-leatherb and the skirt D, andbetween the said flanges and the skirt D is held the leather E, which isfolded at the edges to form the reed-rolls d d, as shown clearly in Fig.2. Upon the outer surface of each of the flanges A is stitched anornamental strip, F, which is by preference with the rolls d. Betweenthe rolls or reeds d f is placed upon each strip F an ornamental stripor chain, G; or the outer surface of the strips F may be otherwiseornamented,as desired. By this arrangement the harness may be veryhighly ornamented at comparativelysmall cost, and the strips forming theflanges may be applied to various parts of the harness.

The lining ofthe flanges A may,if desired,be extended all the way acrossthe bottom of the pad B,and secured to said flanges by any suitablefastening, or sewed fast to said flanges.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A harness pad formed with the side flanges, A,in combination withstripsF, stitched to the outer surface ofthe said flanges, and theornament G, secured to the strips F between their outer edges and theedges of the skirt D, substantially as shown and described.

2. The pad formed with thereed d at its edges, in combination with theflanges A and ornamented strip F,having the reedfisubstantiallyas'described.

SOMERS VAX GILDER.

YVitnesses:

W. B. KENNEDY, W. M. CLAIBORNE.

35 folded to receive the reeds f, which are parallel V

